i hate my cushy bullshit job where i make obscene amounts of money. should i quit my job and become a teacher? here’s what i’m thinking so far:
pros:
- i won’t hate my job anymore
- my job is a real job where i actually contribute to society
- summer vacation sounds dope
cons:
- maybe i still hate my job
- my job would be a real job where i do work
- i won’t make obscene amounts of money
- wtf grad school is expensive
alternatively, are there other jobs i should try to do instead? mind you i have no skills and would probably need to go back to school.
So again are you proposing anything as an alternative to public schools, damaged and corrupted as they have been in the present status quo that also likes to preach about how worthless public schools are while also stripping the remaining metaphorical copper from the walls?
Cute, but stating what you would do on an individual basis with a “don’t care, whatever” clause isn’t a basis for a plan for millions of school-age children that would otherwise have nothing but the tender mercies of whatever their parents could (or couldn’t) come up with to educate them.
Maybe the OP really shouldn’t get into teaching because it is thanklessly hard work with diminishing rewards and less and less chance to make a positive difference for students. Even so, the attitude that it has always been worthless and that nothing can ever be done to improve it is just fatalistic bullshit.
Hey, I’m stepping back and disengaging. I find this unproductive and I’m not interested in the places you are taking this discussion, I don’t think your characterization really matches what I think and I feel like it is unnecessarily hostile, I am sorry I do not agree with you or share you enthusiasm about public education or school.
I don’t think teaching is a good idea for people who are already burning out. I’m am honestly glad and unironically happy for you that you seem to care a lot about public education, I hope you go into teaching and have a better experience than I did.
I think you two are talking past each other. I think that hamid gave their advice to OP specifically and you are turning around and asking “What is your systemic solution to the problems you believe are present in public school” which is interesting but doesn’t necessarily follow “is this a good idea Y/N?”
Maybe, but to me, even the opener came loaded with the implication that public school was worthless in general, not just as a career choice.
What IS “the way” then? If it’s all “teaching propaganda to kids” what else is there? The implications of that statement went beyond individual career choice.
I left teaching recently, myself. I know very well how bullshit it is right now.